Example sentences of "[verb] herself [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lee found herself gazing at the pubes of a woman a little way along from her and thinking about undergrowths and mazes and secrets and magic and dirt . |
| 2 | Beth shuffled her feet in the awkward silence and found herself looking at the second man more closely . |
| 3 | Caroline found herself seated at the lunch-table next to Romano de Sciorto , a state of affairs which did nothing for her shaky morale . |
| 4 | Nikos smiled and said something softly in Greek , and for some reason Lindsey found herself blushing at the sudden contact of Niall 's hand against her arm , but she could n't interpret the look he gave her as they were ushered towards one of the few empty tables overlooking the harbour . |
| 5 | ( Three separate negotiating teams were sent to each country tendering offers for the Urengoi gas pipeline , as a result of which the FRG , much to her surprise , found herself underbid at the end of the day . ) |
| 6 | She asked herself which of them she should phone and found herself trembling at the thought of phoning any of them . |
| 7 | Again she found herself trembling at the thought . |
| 8 | As the sound of his car died away she found herself staring at the blank windows of Ivy Cottage across the lane . |
| 9 | She was still sick at heart when she passed down through the last glade and found herself staring at the Lodge 's covert thatch , its closed door , She stood for a time in the yard outside , afraid to enter . |
| 10 | Jessamy found herself staring at the powerful set of his shoulders , and remembered all too clearly that the aura of power was n't just an illusion . |
| 11 | She stood motionless , waiting for the two to break apart , and found herself staring at the girl from whom Niall was now gently detaching himself . |
| 12 | ’ He sounded quite excited and Folly found herself smiling at the way his dramatic gesture was bringing out the little boy in someone as sophisticated as Luke . |
| 13 | And she found herself smiling at the stark contrast between the two figures — the small passive figure of the elderly servant and the dynamic , vivid figure of the dark-haired man . |
| 14 | She had , in her naïveté or her stupidity — she was never sure which — imagined herself standing at the elbow of a Valentino or an Armani , learning to drape soft wools , to design things that had classical beauty . |
| 15 | Sometimes far into the evening she kept herself locked at the desk , writing , writing . |
| 16 | Even now , she felt herself cringe at the way he 'd said ‘ little scientist ’ , all those childhood hurts about being ‘ different ’ flooding back . |
| 17 | Nutty felt herself flinching at the dreadful truth put into such forthright speech . |
| 18 | Lisa felt herself falter at the dark note in his voice . |
| 19 | As they drew nearer to the damage and she could see that it was even worse than it had looked from afar , Ronni felt herself recoil at the very thought that her own brother could be responsible for such a thing . |